Joshua 18:18

18 and passing on to the north of ¹the shoulder of Beth-arabah^[a] it goes down to ²the Arabah.

Joshua 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:18

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah
northward
The same with Betharabah, ( Joshua 15:6 ) ; and so it is called here in the Greek version:

and went down unto Arabah;
the same as before, and included it, for it is mentioned among the cities of this tribe, ( Joshua 18:22 ) .

Joshua 18:18 In-Context

16 Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel.

17 Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

18 and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah.

19 Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.

20 The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, according to their clans, boundary by boundary all around.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 11:2; Joshua 15:6
• 2. Joshua 11:2; Joshua 15:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Septuagint; Hebrew to the shoulder over against the Arabah